Do you know your genealogy software backward and forward,
or do you just input data and call it a day? If you're like me,
you may end up missing a cool tool because you didn't
read the manual. I realized this when my aunt Helen
asked if I remembered April 20 was my grandparents'
90th wedding anniversary. I hadn't, but I should have.

The GedStar program I use on my personal digital assistant
(PDA) has an "On This Day" feature that shows every event in
my database that occurred on any specific date. If I had clicked
on April 20, it would have displayed my grandparents' anniversary,
along with the 166th wedding anniversary of my third-great-granduncle
William.

After playing with GedStar, I launched Legacy Family Tree from my desktop to see what goodies I may have missed there. Among my
findings were an online source for free genealogy lessons, a tool for searching all the major genealogy Web sites, and my favoritean alarm clock telling me to turn off the computer and go to bed.

I'd love to hear about your program's coolest feature.
Although I couldn't find an online tutorial for Family Tree Maker
(please let me know if you find one), I did find these resources for getting more from your software: